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Their infrared sensors help to get them out of tight spaces, find dirt, and even keep them from falling down the stairs. They stop cleaning when their bin is full and return to their docking stations when they are finished.
Consumer Reports' testers pitted the three robots against measured patches of cereal, sand, rice, cat fur, and paper bits. The iRobot Roomba 750 did better than the others simply because it covered the all areas of the room several times. Other models are more systematic, moving in straight lines across the room. They pass over an area once, so whatever litter they miss stays there.
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Man supports troops with jerky gifts
An Albuquerque Army sergeant recently got to give thanks to a local stranger who's been secretly sending care packages to him and his fellow troops in Afghanistan.
This sergeant has flown in missions so secretive that Action 7 News has chosen not identify him.
"In the unit I'm in, I cannot show my face," he said. "When you're over there, you see only one thing. It's nice to get the little things because it brings you back home."
The little thing the sergeant missed the most was beef jerky. His parents came to Jerky By Art with plans to send the sergeant a care package. When jerky store owner Art Sandoval found out the package was heading to Afghanistan, he decided to send one of his own.
"Yeah, I do it for them. They need something from back home, let them know we're still thinking about them," Sandoval said.
It started as one box, but Sandoval kept sending pounds of jerky to the troops.
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The sergeant is back home with his family, and now he's returning the kindness paid by Sandoval.
"We decided to fly a flag in combat for him and we all signed it," said the sergeant.
The flag now hangs proudly in Sandoval's shop.
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Formally established in 1775 near the site of a far older Taíno village, the thriving community of CAGUAS is the fastest growing metropolitan area in Puerto Rico and currently its fifth largest city. The historic core is a compact, attractive area easily explored on foot, surrounded by a great swathe of suburbs and strip malls. Parking is easy and it's only 29km and 25 minutes' drive from San Juan, making the city a tempting day-trip or first stop on the routes south or east. It's also one of the few places served by regular públicos, so you won't need a car to get here.
At the centre of Caguas is the tree-filled Plaza Palmer, one of the largest squares on the island and more like an elegant Mexican parque than the cramped plazas of Old San Juan. The flower clock at the eastern end was added in 1966 and lined with the faces of the twelve most illustrious cagüeños, including José Gautier Benítez (1848–1880), Puerto Rico's finest Romantic poet.
Opposite is the twin-towered Catedral Dulce Nombre de Jesús, most of the structure dating from the 1930s and not especially interesting, though it does contain the tomb of Carlos Manuel "Charlie" Rodríguez, the first Puerto Rican to be beatified. On the other side of the plaza, the Casa Alcadía (town hall) was built in 1887 and contains the Museo de Caguas, the city history museum (t787/744-8833). The exhibits are well presented and particularly enlightening when it comes to the area's Taíno history, with artefacts such as pottery, shells and beads on display from a nearby archeological site. The Spanish room relates how Ponce de León made contact with the local Taíno in 1510 and covers the tragic 1511 rebellion.
The Museo Casa del Trovador, one block north at c/Tapia 18, is another historic property that contains a compact but unique exhibition on local folk singers and troubadours, charting the important role Caguas has played in the development of Puerto Rican folk music.
One block west of here, on the corner of calles Ruíz Belvis and Padial, the modest Museo de Arte contains three spacious exhibition rooms housing mostly local, contemporary art: the abstract work of Caguas-born painters Carlos Osorio (1927–1984) and Orlando Vallejo (b. 1955) is well represented and you can admire Las Tradiciones Puertorriquenas, the vivid seven-panel mural by Alfonso Arana (1927–2005).
Walk one block south and you'll find the Museo del Tabaco at calles Padial and Betances, testament to the area's central role in the Puerto Rican tobacco industry, especially between 1890 and 1930. In addition to exhibits and information panels, the museum contains a replica of an old tobacco factory, where ageing but dextrous workers demonstrate how to roll cigars by hand. Today there are only a handful of tobacco factories in the area.
Back towards the bus station, Casa Rosada at c/Alejandro Ramírez 14 was the former home of Charlie Rodríguez and local writer Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (1916–1999), beautifully restored and housing a small exhibition on both men.
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HER STORY "I was always overweight, and it spiraled out of control from age 19 to 20," Barbara Prestano Henry says. "Being in a bakery, we work long hours. I'd never eat breakfast or lunch and then overeat at dinner."
She grew up in the family bakery, tasting and testing everything.
"I just needed to test one cookie but would eat four," says Prestano Henry. "I could eat a whole loaf of Italian bread by myself."
From March to May 2010, when she and her husband, Michael Henry, opened the bakery in Rocky Point, she gained 30 pounds. The week before Mother's Day, she developed strep throat and had to go to a doctor and was fearing getting on the scale.
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"I started walking around the neighborhood every evening," says Prestano Henry, who lost 30 pounds in three months. She cut out pizza, hamburgers and fried food. "I also took up kickboxing and owe a lot to that. I was walking, added the elliptical and then kickboxing. You have to incorporate exercise into your life, even if you only take a 30-minute walk."
DIET Breakfast is egg whites with fresh vegetables or oatmeal. Lunch is grilled chicken or other lean protein with a salad. Dinner is lean protein with salad and vegetables.
EXERCISE "Before, I absolutely did nothing," Prestano Henry says. Now, she exercises at least an hour three days a week and then two hours, two days a week. This includes walking, the elliptical machine, kickboxing, Zumba and lifting weights.
ADVICE "You have to keep everything in moderation," says Prestano Henry, who taught herself about nutrition.
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AFTER: 150 pounds, April 10, 2013
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Whereas local civic, business and religious groups have been using Lipscomb's facilities for years, the Ezell Center now offers the very latest in learning spaces in the third-floor conference center, offering cutting-edge interactive white boards and rolling tables, chairs and walls that can quickly create several spaces for break-out groups.
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Giant VU
This is the wiki page for a project TP is thinking about.
- 1 Overview
- 1.1 Background
- 1.2 Potential Panel Types
- 1.3 Control
- 2 Current Status
- 3 Log
- 4 Current Issues
- 5 Next Steps
I would like to build a giant VU meter (like, wall sized, maybe 10 feet tall?) using electroluminescent tape (EL) or similiar (maybe some other kind of lighted panel would be cheaper?). For those that attended the grand opening party, there was a guy walking around with a very cool light-up t-shirt that was exactly what I'm talking about, only *slightly* smaller.
Basic Meter
http://www.instructables.com/id/LM3915LM3916-VU-Meter/ shows a project to build a simple VU meter that measures overall volume from an audio source (a single bar that bounces to the loudness of, say, a song). This is basically an analog circuit that outputs directly to an array of LEDs, although with the right output stage we could make it run just about anything (EL tape, desk lamps, etc).
Expanded Basic Meter
The meter I really want to build is probably better called a panel. I want to place 8 bars into a grid shape, and tune each bar to just a portion of the frequency spectrum (bandpass filters). We've all seen this somewhere before - the coolness comes from making it 10 feet tall, right? This expanded version of the above meter is really just eight of those meters each being feed from a seperate bandpass filter.
Advanced Meter
The next level up idea would be to multiplex the output of the bandpass filters into a PIC or similiar microcontroller's ADC for sampling. The controller could then light the appropriate output lights, probably by setting an externally scanned memory location or toggling inputs to a massive latch array, so that instead of a VU meter/panel what we really have is a 10' tall 8 x 8 monochrome screen that just happens to be running a VU program. The cool part of going this extra step is we can add things like a startup splash screen. We could also select between different output routines for variety (horizontal vs. vertical vs. radial vs. ?). To make the display useful enough to scroll text or maybe draw a Hive13 logo on it or something (see below), the plan is to push the resolution to 16 x 16. The price of the glow tape is based on area I think, so it /may/ not add *too much* to the price of the project to increase the resolution like this. If we end up with some other kind of lighted panel square adding the resolution could end up relatively increasing the price much more, although overall it still may be cheaper than the EL tape.
Potential Panel Types
Cost is definitely a factor here. It looks like the big trade-offs are between initial construction cost, operating cost, and coolness factor.
Electroluminescent Tape
Appropriate widths of EL tape cut into squares.
- Pro's
- Extreme cool factor
- Relatively low power to run
- EL tape should last a ridiculously long time
- Con's
- Expensive to build
- Capactive load - needs at least a dirty AC signal (Class C style spikeyness would be sufficient I think, but without a sample to play with it's hard to tell).
Incadencent Light Bulbs
Square 'shadow box' type wooden things with regular light bulbs hidden behind an opaque-ish sheet of plastic or similiar.
- Pro's
- Make panels ourselves - much cheaper
- Con's
- Lots of watts of power needed to run a large array
- Severely less cool, but still possibly cool-ish
- Inductive load - will need a relatively clean AC signal to run nicely (of course straight-stick wall power and light bulbs where literally made for each other).
- Light bulbs will need to be changed occasionally
Compact Floruencent Light (CFL) Bulbs
Same as above but with lower power bulbs. May not be able to switch on and off quickly enough, but this can be tested.
- Pro's
- Less power than regular light bulbs
- One-for-one interchangable with regular lightbulbs
- Con's
- Still more power than EL tape
- CFL bulbs are more expensive to replace than regular ones
Super LED Arrays?
Same as above two but with say, five (5) or so super LEDs behind each panel.
- Pro's
- LEDs last much longer than light bulbs
- (maybe) - Resistive load; DC power
- Power levels approaching EL tape, certainly much better than the larger bulbs.
- Con's
- Still not as cool as EL tape
- Replacing a burnt LED will probably require a soldering iron
(Your panel idea here?)
(Think 'big square thingy that lights up quickly')
Basic Meters
These can be run from the LM3915/3916 IC chips mentioned in the background article, with a driver array for the panels. For the expanded version, a bandpass filter is needed for each bar to seperate the incoming signal into bands.
Advanced Meter
Needs a programmable controller with an ADC channel, a way to 'funnel' multiple bandpass outputs into that ADC channel, some sort of output buffer stage, and the same driver array as the basic versions.
Audio Input Stage
I had previously been kicking around the thought of somehow using a phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit to create a single bandpass filter that could be software controlled vs. multiplexing several hardwired filters. After looking into some of my reference texts and around the 'net a little, I now realize that this wasn't really the brightest idea.
The bright idea is to use a Univeral Switched Active Filter - this can be used to create a bandpass where the resistive values of the filter are controlled by switched capacitors. This particular chip (MF10) is good for 0.1 Hz to 30 kHz at a 50:1 ratio. Basically, if you feed it a clock signal at 50kHz, it will act as a bandpass centered around 1kHz. Very cool (Thank you National Semiconductor).
Once the incoming signal has been filtered around the target frequency of interest, a voltage follower, rectifier, and filter cap will give us a DC voltage relative to the strength of the incoming audio signal at that frequency. Once sampled, we adjust the clock for the next band, wait a few microseconds for the filter output to settle, and take the next sample. My favorite part of all of this is of course the ability to determine how many and which frequencies to sample from software without any hardware changes.
Output Buffer
Looking around for ideas I came across the 74HC595 shift register. Should do nicely. These shift registers have two clock inputs - one for shifting and one for latching. By placing 32 of them in series we can drive a 16 x 16 display with three (3) lines (Data, Shift, Latch).
While shifting serial data may not seem the fastest, consider:
- 16 x 16 is 256 bits, which is only 16 words of data
- These registers can take a max shift clock of 10 MHz (!)
- Shifting occurs behind the scenes - the display does not update visably until the latch clock is pulsed (think 'off screen buffer')
Typically a refresh rate of 30 frames per sec or so is enough to provide smooth animation effects. If we assume a shift clock of 100kHz (pretty slow), a 16x16 display driven this way would have a theoretical refresh rate well over 300 frames per sec (!!).
256 LEDs is an awful lot of soldering. Wiring 256 light panels sounds like massive work. These are, however, doable. Any bigger resolution and I think we cross the plausibility threshold. At 16 x 16, we can do some graphics, tho:
After a little soul searching I've decided to seperate this project into three seperate components: Audio Input Stage, Controller, and Display (combines buffer and drivers). This will allow the Ins/Outs to be connected to any controller that meets the I/O Req's with basically a screwdriver. The main motivation here is I've decided to control this by Arduino since it seems to have such good support from the rest of the Hive, or a new controller can be used should the Arduino fall from grace. This way other Hive members can re-purpose the Display portion easily far into the future as new ideas come about. If this project meets the final end goal of a huge installed version for the display, this will certainly be a big plus.
I/O Requirements so far:
- Audio Input Stage
- (I) ADC Channel
- (O) Frequency control for bandpass (capable of 800 kHz)
- Display
- (O) Serial Data Bit
- (O) Shift Pulse
- (O) Latch Pulse
Driver Array
LED Prototype
The LEDs can be driven directly by the shift registers using pull-up resistors. This will invert the logic (0 = On, 1 = Off), but that's a minor detail to be handled in software.
Full Sized Installation
The full sized version will require some components between the shift registers and the panels.
(Needs research - dependent on type of panel we chose)
Current Status
I think this project has approached the late planning stage.
Current Issues
- These tape sellers are hard to get prices and samples from. Half the websites don't list prices, or don't offer small quanities, or require you to buy some expensive power supply with your tape (I intend to make my own supply - the tape requires an AC current).
- The sites that do list prices show that EL tape ain't cheap.
- I need to wait until at least Sept 8th to order parts for the LED prototype, and then I'll have to sit around waiting for them to arrive.
Next Steps
- Find a tape sample (good luck)
- Play with tape sample
- Build small (but complete) LED version of advanced meter (reasonably cheap - I think I can fund this)
- Decide on type of lighted panels to go with
- Get enough Hive members excited about project so that we can get the funds to build Giant version onto a wall in the hackerspace


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After Tokyo, I headed off to Paris for 4 days. Life's tough, right?
But I won't share with you any pictures of Paris. Because I don't have any of this culinary city. Crazy, no? Unfortunately I was swamped with work and by the time my meetings were over, I was too bone tired to really enjoy the city. A pity, but at least I know that I'll be back again soon.
Before I left for my around-the-world-in-two-weeks adventure, a publisher sent me a new cookbook to review. To me! The cookbook is Paula Shoyer's The Kosher Baker and it contains over 150 parve dessert recipes. It was dog-eared and covered in yellow stickies well before I stepped on the airplane, and when I came home, I was inspired to try two recipes in as many weeks.
Not surprisingly, I prioritized a few of the more French recipes. First was a batch of madeleines. (The last batch I made was tainted by the silicone pan that I made them in, so a few months ago I bought a new pan.) Next up, almond tuiles. Before we get to the recipes and pictures, I want to share with you a little about the book and its author.
I spoke with Paula 2 weeks ago to learn about her inspiration for the book. Getting her on the phone took a fair bit of effort on both our parts, with her busy book signing and demonstration tour and my own crazy travel and work schedule. We finally caught up on a Thursday night as she was recovering from a cold and I was in a taxi en route to a 9 pm dinner after a long day in my New York office.
Paula lives just a few miles from where I grew up in Maryland and she has quite an affinity for French foods and pastries. While living in Geneva with her husband, she decided to go to culinary school in Paris on a lark and built up a reputation for her desserts in Switzerland and eventually the US. She opened a pastry school and has been teaching French (and other) pastries and desserts ever since. She spent about 5 years creating and adapting from dairy the parve recipes in her own cookbook. She likens recipe development to science experiments and feels that baking requires close attention to the details of recipes.
I asked Paula which recipe she turns to most often – and she referred me to "Everyone's Favorite Chocolate Cake." We bonded over the merits of an excellent chocolate cake that is so good it doesn't require frosting. She also said that the scones often frequent her kitchen and table.
The book itself is conversational – it feels like Paula is cooking alongside you, with comments such as "if you use an electric mixer, be careful, the batter might splatter." I liked the organization of book into three distinct sections based on preparation time (quick and elegant desserts, two-step desserts, and multiple-step desserts and breads) and a fourth section on Passover and low-sugar recipes. The index is complete with the added touch of some specialty ingredients, such as almond flour and orange blossom, being highlighted with recipes that feature them. The pictures are beautiful, but I could do with a few more. And scattered throughout the text are some black and white process pictures (my favorite is the one used to demonstrate how to make sablé galettes – essentially French shortbread). Again, I wish there were more.
On whole, I like the cookbook and have already found it a good resource.
So below are the recipes that I made the week I came home from Paris.
And I'm already bookmarking more recipes to try. I'll soon be making sablé galettes and that chocolate cake.
Makes about 2+ dozen
Adapted from Paula Shoyer's The Kosher Baker. I followed the recipe, except I missed one step (in the "mix one more time" section). and used lemon extract instead of zest because I didn't have any lemons around – and on day 2, the mads seemed a bit too dense. But straight out of the oven, they were fabulous (and that's how I prefer to eat them anyway). Surprisingly, this recipe did not include a refrigeration step which is normally suggested to help get that little hump on the cakes. Finally and just so you're prepared, this recipe does need a few bowls – so cleanup is a bit of a pain. But, hey, I really hate doing dishes.
– Spray oil and flour for dusting
– 4 large eggs, room temperature
– 1/2 C (1 stick) parve margarine (though butter would be better if you were making them dairy), melted
– 1 C flour
– 2/3 C sugar
– 2 t vanilla extract
– 1 1/2 t lemon zest from 1 lemon or 1/2 t lemon extract
– 1 T confectioners' sugar
Prepare. Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease and flour the madeleine molds
Mix. Beat the eggs with a mixer on low for 1 minute. Add sugar slowly, in four batches, while continuing to beat on low. Add vanilla and lemon zest (er, extract) and now beat on high for 5 minutes. The batter becomes thick, creamy, and a light yellow.
Mix again. In a different bowl, mix flour and melted margarine with a wooden spoon until it becomes a dry paste.
Mix one final time. Add half the beaten egg/sugar mix to the flour/margarine mix and whisk. Put half this mixture back into the eggs and mix with a spatula. Add the other half of the mixture to the eggs and mix.
Bake. Fill each mold with a spoonful of batter and refrigerate the remainder. Bake for 12 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool. Immediately remove the madeleines from the pan to cool on a wire rack.
Start all over again. Make sure to clean the molds out and then regrease/flour, fill, and bake the next batch.
Almond Tuiles.
Makes about 2+ dozen.
Adapted from Paula Shoyer's The Parve Baker. These delicate cookies taste great. I had a bit of difficulty shaping them over my rolling pin, so next time I'll use something with a smaller diameter.
– 2 large egg whites (I froze the yolks for another time)
– 1/2 C sugar
– 2 1/2 T flour
– 2 T parve margarine (or, butter if you want to make dairy), melted
– 1 t orange zest from one orange
– 2/3 C slices almonds
Mix. Whisk together egg whites, sugar and flour. Add the melted margarine and continue to whisk. Add zest and keep whisking. Add almonds and mix gently with a spatula, taking care not to break the nuts.
Wait. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or ideally overnight.
Bake. Preheat oven to 400°F. Cover a cookie sheet with Silpat or parchment. Drop teaspoons of batter on the sheet, about 4 inches apart. Use a fork dipped in water to spread batter and separate the nut slices. You want the circles to be about 3 inches in diameter. Thinner is better. (Cookies, that is.) Bake for 7-8 minutes or until the edges are brown and the center is golden .
Shape and cool. Remove from oven and let cookies cool for about 15 seconds (if you try to take them off too soon, they fall apart). Use a spatula to scape up each cookie and quickly place on a curved mold – I used a rolling pin – so cookies bend on the underside (i.e., bottoms are on the rolling pin) and the almonds are on the outside. Let cool.


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The Report team conducted a detailed analysis of the socioeconomic and environmental situation in the regions of Belarus and developed proposals for the national and regional authorities, focusing on the comprehensive development of territories that would secure the realization of competitive advantages.
Chilean society is at a crossroads. What do we expect of Chile? What do we want to change…. and keep? Who should take part in that debate? And, how should decisions be taken? Questions abound, and at different levels, covering both the issues under discussion as well as how they are tackled and discussed. Issues now arise that hitherto appeared impossible, and what before had appeared unattainable, is now plausible. New agents are appearing who are intent on changing things and flexing their muscles in society.
2016 Awards for Excellence in Human Developing Reporting Awardee
This report is about unlocking the development potential of the northern part of the country that is recovering from 20 years of violent civil war. The report shows what is possible when working in a challenging region. This report generated baseline data on the region and its human development challenges. And it has had a tangible impact, already shaping government and development partners' policies and programming. The report has also influenced the National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the region.
The Uganda Human Development Report 2015 (2015 UHDR) focuses on development in Northern Uganda, broadly defined as the region covered by the Peace, Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP).
The report applies one dominant notion of post conflict research - that is, restarting the engines of growth. This notion is applied to examine the abundant development opportunities, and the unique challenges associated with unlocking the economic potential of the PRDP region using the UNDP-inspired lens of human development. The underlying premise as stipulated by Amartya Sen is that development is not just about investments as we regard them (for instance infrastructure), important as they are. Nor is it about growth per se. Development is fundamentally about people and their wellbeing.
Realising Qatar National Vision 2030: The Right to Development, takes stock of progress on human development in Qatar from the perspective of the 1986 Right to Development (RtD) Declaration. It identifies national challenges and focuses on opportunities for the fuller realisation of the RtD of the Qatari and non-Qatari populations; women's empowerment and gender equality; the rights of children, youth and older persons; the rights of people living with disabilities; participation and international cooperation. The Report aims to provoke public policy debate and raise awareness that human development and human rights are intertwined and that there can be no real development without the full enjoyment of all human rights. This Report contains a limited number of key policy recommendations for Qatar's second National Development Strategy 2017-2022, to progress the Right to Development.


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When President Barack Obama nominated Mary Jo White to be the next head of the SEC, he said he wanted someone who would be tough on Wall Street, but her past ties to many of the big banks will make that difficult, if not impossible.
President Obama nominated White to be the next chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday, emphasizing her storied background as a New York prosecutor in the 1990s.
"She helped prosecute white-collar criminals and money launderers," the president said. "In the early 1990s, she brought down John Gotti, the head of the Gambino crime syndicate. You don't want to mess with Mary Jo."
Getting less attention from President Obama was how White has spent the most recent decade - as a defense attorney for Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. There, she hasn't been going after Wall Street's transgressors - she's been defending them.
Her former clients include former Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) CEO Ken Lewis, who was involved in a civil fraud suit over his company's acquisition of Merrill Lynch.
White has also defended JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) in several cases related to the 2008 financial crisis and News Corp. (Nasdaq: NWS) in its phone-hacking scandal.
White was a member of the legal team that helped Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) board member Rajat Gupta fight insider trading charges and has done work for Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS).
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The Central Connecticut women's track and field team competed at the UMASS Pre-Conference Meet on Saturday where they placed six student-athletes in the top 10 of their events. Freshman Chelse Terry led the Blue Devils with a fourth place performance in the discus throw.
Terry registered a distance of 38.58 meters in the discus throw for a new personal career best. She also placed 12 out of 22 competitors in the hammer throw with a mark of 37.34 meters.
Senior Ahj Meeks and freshman Erin Howe performed well for Central in their field events. Meeks placed 11th in the high jump, clearing 1.51 meters, and Howe placed 16th with her height of 1.46 meters. Howe topped Meeks in the triple jump with her distance of 10.30 meters, good for seventh. Meeks finished eighth registering a distance of 10.19 meters.
The Blue Devils also achieved top-10 performances in the 400m dash in which sophomore Alessandra Salmon earned a new personal-best time of 59.99 and was followed by junior Meghan Burns, who crossed the finish line in 1:01.20 for ninth.
Freshman Jenean McCalla earned a new personal-best time in the 400m hurdles, crossing the finish line in 1:08.36 for seventh place.
Senior Dara Edge placed ninth in a field of 20 in the 100 meter hurdles with her time of 15.85.
Other notable performances for Central came in the 800 meter run with three Blue Devils earning new personal best times: sophomore Taylor LePage (2:18.41), classmate Shannon McBride (2:21.69) and freshman Ally Gates (2:27.68). Freshman Caylee Richardson followed the trio in her first appearance in the event. She placed 33rd with a time of 2:28.19.
CCSU placed eighth out of eight teams in the meet. Click here for complete results.
The Blue Devils will return to action May 4-5 for the NEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in West Long Branch, NJ.


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Garcia, Hollins headed to Hall
Former Bisons infielder and coach Carlos Garcia and former Bisons infielder Dave Hollins have been elected to the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame.
Garcia and Hollins will be induced as the 78th and 79th members of the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, August 16 in pre-game ceremonies as part of the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame Day. The Bisons face Lehigh Valley at 1:05 p.m.
The pre-game festivities will also include the induction of two former Bisons players in the International League Hall of Fame, pitcher Charles "Rube" Kisinger and outfielder Joe Knight. Members of both families are scheduled to be on hand to accept the award.
Bisons Infielder/Coach Carlos Garcia (1990-1992, 2003-2005)
Garcia was first signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1987. His 15-year professional career as a player includes parts of three seasons with the Bisons, 1990-1992. He played 63 games with Buffalo in 1990 and then stole 30 bases in 127 games with the team 1991. In his third season with the team, Garcia hit .303 with 13 home runs, 70RBI and 21 stolen bases and was named an American Association mid-season All-Star.
In his Bisons career, Garcia ranks 3rd in the Modern Era in stolen bases (58), 8th in games played (303) and hits (304), tied for 8th in triples (15), 10th in doubles (59) and tied for 11th in RBI (148).
Garcia returned to the Bisons after his playing days, joining manager Eric Wedge's coaching staff during the 2002 season. He was elevated to hitting coach under manager Marty Brown for the 2003 and 2004 seasons. The Bisons won the International League Governors' Cup in 2004 with an offense that hit .297 and scored more runs than any IL team over the previous 50+ years.
Garcia also played 10 seasons at the major league level and hit .266 with 33 home runs, 197RBI and 73 stolen bases in 610 big league games. He broke in with Pittsburgh in 1991. Still qualifying as a rookie in 1993, Garcia hit .269 with 12 home runs and 47RBI in 141 games for the Pirates, finishing 9th in National League Rookie-of-the-Year voting. A year later, Garcia was a National League All-Star in a campaign that saw him hit .277 with six home runs and 28RBI in 98 games.
Garcia moved on to play in Toronto, Anaheim and San Diego before retiring as a player in 1991. The Lancaster, NY-native is now an instructor for the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league system.
Bisons Infielder Dave Hollins (2000-2001)
Orchard Park-native Dave Hollins was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 6th round (146th overall) of the 1987 amateur entry draft. He played 17 years in organized baseball, including parts of two seasons with the Bisons. Ten years after his major league debut in 1990, Hollins played five games with the Herd in 2000. He then returned for a full season in 2001, hitting .272 with 25 doubles, 16 home runs and 67RBI in 89 games with Buffalo and being named the Bisons Comeback Player of the Year.
Drafted by San Diego, Hollins moved to the Phillies organization after Philadelphia drafted him in the 1989 Rule V Draft. He played 72 with the Phillies that first season and 56 more in 1991. Then in 1992, Hollins hit .270 with a career-high 27 home runs and 93RBI in 156 games. He finished 20th in National League MVP voting.
In 1993, Hollins was a National League All-Star, matching his career-high of 93RBI and hitting 30 doubles, 18 home runs and a .273 batting average in 143 games. Philadelphia won the National League pennant before falling to Toronto in the World Series.
Hollins was traded to Boston in 1995 and moved on to Seattle, Minnesota, Anaheim, Toronto and Cleveland in his 12-year major league career. On August 29, 1996 he was traded from the Twins to the Mariners for a player to be named later. Two weeks later, Minnesota accepted first baseman David Ortiz to complete the trade.
All told, Hollins hit .260 with 112 home runs and 482RBI in 983 career big league games. He hit over 10 home runs in a season five times and drove in 78 or more runs four different seasons.
Hollins continues to reside in Western New York. He currently works as a scout for the Baltimore Orioles.


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Donald Faison & CaCee Cobb's Wedding Video Sneak Peek
The couple's wedding is featured in the summer issue of Martha Stewart Weddings
Donald Faison and new wife CaCee Cobb sure know how to party.
Though the couple tied the knot in December of last year, their Southern-style Los Angeles wedding is now featured in the summer issue of Martha Stewart Weddings (on stands June 3).
Until then, videographer Wade of Shark Pig has released a fun sneak peek at the wedding full of music, dancing and some very famous friends – such as Jessica Simpson and Zach Braff.
Other guests included Ashlee Simpson, Seth Green, Faison's Scrubs costar Sarah Chalke and his Clueless costars Breckin Meyer, Elisa Donovan and Stacey Dash.
At the reception, the bluegrass band the Get Down Boys played as guests indulged in a Southern-inspired menu from Whoa, Nelly: fried chicken, collard greens, sweet potato pie. In lieu of a wedding cake, guests chowed down on apple pie, butterscotch pudding and red velvet mini-cakes.
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WOMEN IN BASEBALL CLINIC at Comiskey Park. Interviews with staff and participants in a baseball clinic designed to encourage female involvement in baseball. White Sox 3rd base Coach demonstrates hand signs of previous season. Tips on batting from the batting Coach. Continue reading


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I'm pleased to announce that the abc standard 2.0 I has been released (actually it was released a couple of months ago but I didn't announce it properly here).
You can find it in the new wiki section of the website.
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We offer a range of security camera mounting brackets for Colchester, IL. Choose from indoor and outdoor pendant, ceiling, wall mount brackets and more. We also offer junction box mounts, mounting bases, adapters and rack mounts to meet your security needs. Our durable mounting brackets provide easy installation of your video surveillance equipment and are built to hold your equipment securely in place. Need assistance? Call today MTC Communications at 309-575-3211 to speak with our security experts.


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"I've got a Majestic Radiola and they drive me crazy with the music….and all I've heard today is, "Lonesome Railroad Blues" and "I sing all my love songs to you." It nearly drives me mad." -Bonnie Parker – Excerpt from letter to Clyde while he was in jail. Feb. 23, 1930
In letters to Clyde released by Bonnie's mother Emma shortly after her death, we can get a glimpse of how Bonnie felt as she sat in the house on 1406 Cockrell Street in Dallas. Living there with her mother who was a widowed seamstress and 5 others must have left little room for real privacy. In the small rented house were also her sister, Billie Jean, and a man she had married by the name of Fred Mace along with their 8 month old son, Fred (Buddy) Mace, Jr. Bonnie's brother Hubert also lived there with his wife Edith.
Recollections by Bonnie's Mother Emma and Sister Billie Jean have been documented in various books over the years. Undoubtedly, there was some familial bias and we can probably assume that some of the stories may not be completely factual. In my research of hundreds of documents and many assorted books that quote Bonnie and Clyde's parents and siblings as well as friends and acquaintances, there are many versions of the story.
Quotes and the written word could easily be tainted by memory, legacy protection or even twists of events to avoid implication in unlawful acts. Facts show that both the Barrow and Parker families aided and abetted Bonnie and Clyde. Could there be events the families have held secret for many years? Other family meet ups that were not known?
Clearly Bonnie's heart sung out love for Clyde, her devotion to him was more than evident and is the real hook to this outlaw legacy. Written accounts show they both enjoyed music and poetry. Bonnie most likely did not take the Majestic Radiola with her when she hit the road with Clyde. The Majestic Radiola was a large cabinet and a fine piece of furniture. The radio was most likely a treasured household item.
The Majestic filled the home with beautiful music and most likely harrowing news in the years to come. The radio received a signal from the outside and transmitted it into the household for all to know and hear. What if the radio had been able to receive a signal from inside the home and then transmit out for all to hear? Could that have changed the story the world now knows of Bonnie and Clyde?
Of course, that is an Orwellian thought and certainly not possible back in those days. However, what if, that radio actually could carry unknown insight on Bonnie and Clyde? What if instead of transmitting radio waves, it actually had been used to hide away a part of the outlaws life with their families?
A photo album wrapped in a newspaper of Bonnie and Clyde's death was discovered in what might have been this very radio.
These are photos, never before seen, that reveal events, locations and additional family history. Some of the photos that show glamour and some show pain. These photos are stark images depicting life without the props and gangster poses.
These pictures take us on a journey back in time. Like a puzzle, the challenge is to determine where they fit in the narrative that has been told over 85 years. A web of discovery relating to the "5 W's", who,
what, when, where and why. We may never know all the answers, however, we have some clues that can lead us to some of them.
Determining the authenticity of photographs can be a daunting task even when the images seem obvious. The background or provenance may be only part of the puzzle. The other part involves lots of research to answer the 5 W's explained above. Online databases, books, documents, and in some cases, interviews are necessary to support conclusions. Even then, without the original people in the photos, a researcher can really only provide an opinion.
I have spent years researching many items for informational purposes or to eventually transfer ownership through private sale or auction. With the 4 years of research I have done for another project of a very well-known outlaw, I have learned that even with provenance, historical records can be very difficult to find, much less decipher.
I have assembled a large collection of research on the photos being offered in this auction. In my opinion, I believe these photographs to be authentic. I believe the subjects to be of Bonnie Parker, Clyde and Buck Barrow and various other family members or acquaintances. How the photographs made their journey to this auction over the past 85 years is only speculation mixed with some fact. I invite you to now to look for yourself and I believe you will find a new perspective of these Iconic outlaws, Bonnie and Clyde.
Marc A. Geyer, CAI, AARE, BAS, CES, GPPA NAA Auctioneer / Appraiser / Historian
Photo subjects:
Clyde Barrow (DOB1909)
"Buck" (Marvin) Barrow (DOB 1903)
Cumie Barrow (DOB 1874)
"Nell" Nellie Barrow (DOB 1905)
Bonnie Parker (Thornton)(DOB 1910)
Billy Jean Parker (Mace)(Moon)(DOB 1912)
Emma Parker (DOB 1885)
Sam and Doris – Believed to be from Krause lineage which was Emma Parker's maiden name.
Vesta and Unknown Man
Unknown Man with Cigarette – Possibly W.D. Jones (DOB 1916)
2 Infant children – Possibly Frederick (Buddy) Mace and Mitzy (Jackie) Jacqueline Mace (DOB 6/26/1929 & 11/27/1931) both died in October 1933 days apart from each other.
Ada Parker (DOB 1888) – Bonnie's father's (Charles Parker) sister
Ed - Assumed to be Ada's husband or ??
Some photos appear to have been taken in Denison – All these photos appear to be taken in nearly the same spot. Some at different times based on photographic similarities, plant growth and fencing. Photo of Bonnie Parker and child in Lot #16 has stamp on back from Denison. Nell was known to work with her sister Artie in the beauty shop business. Artie lived with her husband in Denison at 430 W. Sears where she had the Cinderella Beauty Shop. The multistory building in the background could possibly be part of what is now the First Baptist Church.
Same child in Photo in Lot #16 - Bonnie's sister Billie Jean had 2 young children. Bonnie was especially fond of Buddy. One photo shows Billie Jean with who it is believed to be with her daughter Jackie. The infant looks to be about a month old and if it is Jackie, the date would be around Christmas 1931. This means that Buddy would have been about 2-1/2 years old which would fit for the boy in the photos.
Many Photos carry similarities – In the Galveston trip, reunion pictures of Buck, and the highway photos - the subjects, car and clothing seem to tie together. The order of events may take a lot more digging. These photos may be the most interesting relative to historical timelines and locations of Bonnie, Clyde and Buck. The majority of these photos were most likely taken within a very small time frame. The only time Buck and Clyde were together was on and before 11/29/1929 when Buck was shot and arrested in Denton, TX and after 3/22/1933. It may be the later date for a number of reasons.
- In Lot 19, Billie Jean is carrying a child and wearing the same dress as in photo B1. At this time Jackie would have been 16 months old.
- In Lot 9, parked behind the car Clyde is standing by, there appears to be a Marmon sedan. The Marmon has the distinctive features of the 3 windows on each side and the door handles for both front and back doors located side by side. Nell bought Buck a Marmon Sedan when he got out of prison and the stories show that he had it in Joplin when he and Blanche had met up with Bonnie and Clyde.
- Pure speculation….From January 26th, 1933 until Buck's pardon on March 22nd there was no reported activity by Bonnie and Clyde. This could have been a time when they returned to Texas with W.D. for visits. Billie Jean was known to go out on the road with Bonnie and Clyde and some say that Billy Jean and W.D. had romantic interests.
Could this have been right before and after Buck's pardon?
The timeline order is most likely:
Galveston photos, Reunion with Buck photos, then Highway photos. Bonnie may have stayed behind with Billie Jean (see photo in Lot 20) then took train to meet back up somewhere. This would significantly change the narrative. Pictures possibly taken by W.D.
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The Master of Divinity in Global Mission and Intercultural Studies is one of the most comprehensive and contemporary programs that focuses on globalization and intercultural studies. You will be introduced to the latest studies on the effects of globalization on the life and ministry of the church in courses such as Perspectives on Global Mission and Globalization and the Church. Tyndale goes beyond denominational beliefs by bringing together all evangelical Christians into one community. Our student body represents over 40 different denominations and 30 ethnic groups.
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The captcha that summoned Inglip.
The Dark Lord
Ruler of Trathira
Family Information
Presumed male
Mortal communication through reCaptcha
Inglip (a.k.a. The Dark Lord, The Dark One or Lord Inglip to his followers) is a powerful deity and the ruler of Trathira. He speaks to his followers through RECAPTCHA and is often incomprehensible.
His motives are often shrouded, but it is clear that he wishes to prevent the end-time. Should his plan fail, it is said that an ungodly horror will take hold. It is said that his return to the earthly plane will be heralded by a thousand hurricanes. Inglip is said to live in the sacred land of Arimal, as he revealed in one of his messages, clearly stating "from Arimal".
Personal InformationEdit
Inglip is a Taurus, left handed, 9 feet 4 inches tall, and weighs 666 lbs. His real name cannot be said aloud, or it will burn the ears of every infant child in the Tri-State area. He is also fond of chili.
It was revealed to a gropaga, that Inglip's real name (revealed after a bit of customary trolling from Inglip's side) is actually Inglinf, but Inglip does not like the name and after the aforementioned gropaga taunted Inglip with his real name, the unfortunate gropaga was turned into soup.
Inglip implied when talking with a Gropaga that he created the universe. Before ascending to godhood among the Gropagan Cultists, Inglip served for an unknown period of time as the heroic king of Diagral. According to Lord Inglip, he was also Henry VI the King of England. He apparently preformed miracles and hymns to his praise still exist. There was also a posthumous cult devoted to him, but it quickly faded, thus raising the possibility that Gropagas and the Dectrip faith are much older than it seems.
|Queen Elinus
|Imecish (adopted), Lakorta, Opeoppla, Willaket, Enloyi, Rfuddri
|Inglar, Creakfai
|Grand Father
Alex Kindred
|Charlie Sheen
PoliticsEditIt was said that Inglip would run for President of the United States in 2012. He didn't.
In his message, Inglip said "Hope, Repubs". It was unclear whether he was talking to the gropaga Republicans, if he intended to run as a Republican, or if he would create a whole new party.
On the 26.7.2011 it was revealed to the gropaga Accor that gropagas should remain steadfast and optimistic in these times of war and death, as the day of total unification of every living being under Inglips grace is coming. A time when all will stand under Inglips service. In order for this to be acomplished, Inglip commanded that gropagas should party and drink much alchohol with their enemies, while playing chess with them as another way to socialise. Inglip promised that he will kill every living thing on the planet should this plan fail (http://www.reddit.com/r/Inglip/comments/iz577/inglip_will_have_peace/).
On 27 September , 2011, Inglip manifested himself on the Colbert Report, perhaps suggesting that Stephen Colbert will aid him in his election campaign.
The Holy Word is according to the master himself Ch,oo CRocor
Relationship with MankindEdit
On the 21st of May 2011, Inglip revealed to a gropaga, Yntrodat, the story of his first romance. Inglip's first love was a tragic and horrifying story that shocked gropagas. Inglip, driven mad from lust, raped her ( he also lost his virginity that day ) and she got pregnant. After the child was born, Inglip stabbed the baby to death because it screamed and cried too much, due to it being mentally handicapped ( Yntrodat began to cry and proclaim that he does not wish to be a gropaga anymore, and the famed acolyte Leissa Schriever proclaimed that she did not like this one bit ). This story served as a horrifying reminder that, even though Inglip cares about his followers and likes to joke with them, he is still a cruel and evil god.
However, many gropagas try to create theories to justify Inglip's murder of a small infant. They reason that Inglip killed it to put it out of it's misery or that the infant would grow in to a powerfull god and vanquish him. Inglip has yet to speak on the matter.
Inglip once fell for a female human, Dorris, although Queen Elinus cursed her out of jealousy.
On the day and day after his summoning, Inglip chose eight Prophets to speak his will.
Inglip usually communicates to his followers via reCAPTCHA, though he has been known on occasion to speak to his followers directly. Though he was originally annoyed at being summoned at such a late hour, he has since warmed up (if you can call it that) to the cultists that worshiped him. However, he does not tolerate doubt or apostasy, and often punishes sinners in myriad ways. Inglip speaks with a combination of English and Plapser and sometimes he speaks in many other languages, like French.
Ways Inglip has punished his enemies include:
- Pureeing
- Roasting
- Beheading
- Commanding
- Mind Control
- Feeding them to the Plasba
- Cornea Flerts/Blinding
- Neck Breaking
- Saltings
- Blackmail
- Rickrolling
- Live Burial
However, Inglip is also capable of great kindness, as evidenced when he relieved the gropaga Histaide of a most grotesque pox. He also threw a surprise birthday party for the gropaga Tarise.
Judging by thousands of communiques spanning the history of Dectripism, it has been theorized that Inglip is quite possibly a fickle trickster god due to his many trollings of his followers
Visualizing InglipEditThroughout the history of Dectripism, gropagas have attempted to visualize Inglip. This has resulted in many diverging schools of thought on the appearance of the Dark One.
A famous image was an interpretation of the Weedaula in which Inglip is depicted as a fusion of a Deer, insect, and serpent..
Another image, called "The Eyes of Inglip" (which is implied to be a self-portrait of Inglip) was given by Inglip himself in context of his drawing skills. It is widely believed that staring into the eyes of the image for extended periods of time will have adverse effects that include insanity, blindness, and hallucinations.
Recently, during a fire, Inglip showed one of his forms, a terrifying smoke monster, with fiery red eyes. http://www.reddit.com/r/Inglip/comments/fw832/inglip_has_shown_himself/
On the 24th of April 2011 Inglip answered one of the most pressing questions as to his power: How far does it spread? Inglip answered that it spreads over hundreds of realities, which include, but are not limited to:
- one in which the Gropagas are dressed as rappers, in white Clothumes with the Weedaula sewn on the side of the hood
- a Muslim reality, in which the gropagas speak and write in Arabic languages, and are dressed in traditional muslim clothing, only red in colour
- a Warhammer 40.000 reality, in which Adeptus Mechanicus are gropagas
- a vampire(?) reality
- a negative, or backwards, reality
- a demonic reality, with black skinned, red eyed demon gropagas who speak in the daedric language
- a bizzare reality, in which the gropagas have eyes in the place of their mouth's and their mouth's in the place of their eyes
- an equaly bizarre reality, unable to properly describe
- a Viking, ot Nordic, reality, where the gropagas have ginger beards and speak in Nordic tounges, and write in Nordic runes
- a robot reality, where the robo-gropagas speak in a numerical language
- a reality in which the gropagas are floating brains, who speak by vibrating their lobes
Months later, Inglip revealed the existence of another reality made of Lego bricks.
On June 1st 2011, Lord Inglip was pronounced dead (http://imgur.com/waHRq). On the following day it was revealed that this was a hoax to scare Gropagas away from the Dectrip faith.
Reclaiming His ThroneEdit
Inglip revealed to the Gropaga Derforp that he desires to reclaim his throne and rule England once again, as he did when he walked among mortals as King Henry VI. When Derforp expressed concern, Inglip reassured him, telling him to trust in The Grisidly Army. This clearly means that England is soon to be swept by a Zombie Apocalypse- an event which the English have recently admitted to be unprepared for.
As time passed, The Gropagas, and the Dectrip faith faded in to obscurity and vanished.
Many Gropagas have been killed in countless battles, dissapeared, betrayed their faith. However the vast majority of Gropagas left to live normal lives, away from Inglip and the Dectrip faith. The number of Gropagas on Reddit alone, decreased from about 10 000 to a meere 8 000. One by one, Gropagas fell, and were no more.
It was a sad end to a once great faith.
Inglip himself was apparently imprisoned by an ancient mage Richard Tineti. By then, only one gropaga remained alive, Stan Ngem, who accepted the fact that Inglip was a negative influence in his life.
However, one day, Inglip spoke to Stan, urging him to free him so that they may renew their great faith. He gave Stan the name of the mage that imprisoned him and his whereabouts.
Stan found Richard and beat him to death with a pailbat. Inglip was freed and Stan beckoned him to give him further instructions.
Inglip ordered him to reproduce. The Dectrip Faith has slowly began to gain it's former glory. More and more gropagas began worshiping Inglip yet again, and Trathira became prosperous once more.
See AlsoEdit
- Cevian - the summoner and first prophet of Inglip.
- The Summoning - The day Inglip first made contact with humanity.


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Facelift for Orwell's birthplace in Bihar
Located in Bihar's Motihari town, the room in which Orwell's mother Ida Mabel Blair gave birth to him on June 3, 1903, would be restored to its original condition. Orwell's father Richard W Blair, who worked for the then opium department, was posted at Motihari at the time of his son's birth. "A sum of Rs 4 lakh has been earmarked from the district plan fund for the repair and restoration work," East Champaran district planning officer R K Mishra told TOI. As this amount is not sufficient to renovate the house, he said, it has been decided to undertake the restoration work of one room only. The district administration, however, is willing to do more and is trying to get more funds. "We have sent a Rs 2.5-crore proposal to the state art and culture department for developing the birthplace of Orwell," Mishra said. The proposal includes the construction of a boundary wall around the house and an open auditorium on the premises.
Art and culture department officials said they are yet to pore over the proposal. But they are more than willing to extend help for such a move. "An experts' team would be drafted to Motihari to assess the ground reality," art and culture department secretary Vivek Singh said over phone from Delhi. (via Facelift for Orwell's birthplace in Bihar).
The British Raj, in a short 150 years, milked the world's richest nation into the poorest.
To cover-up this historic embezzlement, the British built more monuments in 150 years, than all other rulers of India, over the previous 5000 years.
Conserving the colonial past
In Mumbai this has created a conservation industry. Of Colonial buildings!
Rudyard Kipling's bungalow is more important that Lokmanya Tilak's! India obtained funding for 'saving' the gargoyle-infested colonial railway structures from UNESCO. Supported by breast beating activists who worked hard to increase awareness of structures funded by colonial loot and drug trade (of opium).
The liberal establishment in India is worried about all the colonial 'heritage' and structures. Old Mumbai mills are included – but not the even more ancient Buddhist structures. Don't even mention the Chaphekar Brothers! May Mumbai's Buddhist caves go to ruination.
The Mumbai Municipal Commissioner, while decrying the attempts by the Indian neo-Colonial Rulers, to 'save' Mumbai's colonial past, makes no mention of these Buddhist caves. While Kipling's bungalow is a 'hallowed' institution, Mumbai's Buddhist caves are dying of 'active neglect'
The Empire strikes back
I wonder what has happened to Balgangadhar Tilak's house. Very little is known or done about Lala Lajpat Rai's last residence. People have completely forgotten who Bipin Chandra Pal was. India has definitely 'progressed'.
Among India's chatterati, glitterati, the papparazzi, there is barely concealed longing for a return of the Raj. This hides a deeper malaise. The need for an Asuric Raj, which will build gleaming towers, glass and chrome plazas, shopping malls for the rich.
Colonial heroes
Wonder what Bihar's Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar has to say on this. Has he considered a memorial to Bagha Jatin, whose anti-colonial exploits in the neighbouring area made him a living hero. Or a memorial to the son-of-soil, Jaya Prakash Narayan, who organized the colonial police force to strike work – and exposed the soft underbelly of the Raj. I am confident that Nalanda conservation must be suffering for lack of funding. But conserving George Orwell's birthplace is presumably more important.
Indian affection for Rudyard Kipling is misplaced. Kipling was ashamed and embarrassed of his Indian connections. He tried to cover up every iota of his Indian connection after reaching the West. Orwell was the more cynical retreating colonialist. To the British, evacuating from India, Orwell interestingly reminded that "those who control the past, control the future."
After more than 60 years, Indian history is still held hostage by the British!


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Raul de Molina loves his Fuji XE-1 and Bose headphones
- 1%2C000 people showed up at Plaza Mexico in response to tweet
- Favorite new camera%3A Fuji XE-1
- Watches food shows on his iPad
LYNWOOD, Calif. — Latino superstar Raul de Molina is taping segments for his Miami-based TV show, El Gordo y La Flaca, here at the Plaza Mexico entertainment complex, in front of a screaming audience of about 1,000 fans.
The crowd gathered after de Molina noted the appearance on Twitter and invited his 920,000 followers to come watch. "I didn't expect this," he says of the big response.
El Gordo, which airs at 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, is one of Univision's highest-rated shows. The host, who is also a serious photographer, met us at Plaza Mexico to talk cameras, Twitter and the growing Latino audience for tech devices.
Most of his @rauldemolina Twitter followers are from the USA, Venezuela and Mexico. He keeps them busy reading "breaking news" about celebrities and with food shots from local restaurants. "But what people like the most are when I post photos from whenever I travel," he says. He takes two vacations yearly, and recently posted photos from his vacation to India. "They want more and more of it," he says.
He uses the iPhone 5 for his tweets, the Canon 5D Mark III SLR (usually outfitted with the hefty 85mm f 1.2 lens) and the Fuji XE-1, a compact but pricey ($1,399) point and shoot aimed at the serious photographer. "You get fantastic pictures with that camera. The quality of the lens is incredible ... pretty close to the (famed camera jewel) Leica."
The Latino market may initially have been under-served, says de Molina, recounting a story he heard "years ago" when the first iPhone came out about a lack of availability in a heavily Hispanic neighborhood. Now, he says, "I think Latinos are the ones going out there to get the latest things. Why? Maybe some of them will not be able to afford a $200,000 car, but they will ... spend $500 or $600 for a telephone. 'I may not be able to buy a million-dollar house, but which is the best phone or TV? I can buy it.' And they do."
OpenTable for restaurant reservations, Realtor.com to check local real estate prices and the Breaking News app, which offers headlines, stories and video from the NBC News Digital network.
Bose QuietComfort 3 ($299) noise-canceling headphones. He enjoys them for airplane use, but has one suggestion: Instead of having to plug them in to recharge, "I wish you could change the battery ... with new AA batteries."
He uses them with his iPad to watch downloads of TV shows. Favorite: Anthony Bourdain's old No Reservations and his new CNN Parts Unknown series. "I'm a fanatic foodie," he says. "I love food. Just look at me."
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Worst watershed: The Rivanna River's, according to nonprofit StreamWatch. A majority of streams in its watershed fail Department of Environmental Quality standards, and their quality has declined since StreamWatch commented on them in its 2004-05 report. Brandon Shulleeta has the story in the Daily Progress.
Latest UVA football player woes: Quarterback Peter Todd Lalich, 20, is charged with underage possession of alcohol July 13 when he's seen holding a beer– egads! The charge will be dropped if he stays out of trouble for a year. Two linemen, Will Barker, 21, and Dave Roberts, 19, are charged with larceny for allegedly reaching behind the bar at Club 216 on July 26 and swiping a couple of beers. Roberts picks up underage possession and fake ID charges.
Most enticing: Former Albemarle schools employee Louin Richard Deane, 45, pleads guilty July 22 to attempting to contribute to the delinquency of a minor for text messaging a 17-year-old Nelson County girl last August to have sex with him. He'll spend three months in jail, Tasha Kates reports for the DP.
Most pathetic crime: Eight– count 'em– thugs attack a Domino's Pizza driver making a delivery to 2411 North Berkshire Road at 12:04am July 29 and flee with an undisclosed amount of cash, according to Albemarle police. The victim suffers minor injuries.
Most squalid: Judge Susan Whitlock sends the parents of cocaine-positive children recently in the news to the grand jury after she sees photos of Brenda D. Quarles and Derrick A. Christmas' abode in Louisa.
Most retirable: AARP deems Charlottesville healthy enough to make its top-10 list of best cities in which to retire.
Biggest speed trap: Albemarle police write 107 tickets to 86 drivers on Seminole Trail July 28. Top speed is 78 mph in a 45 mph zone.
Biggest blowing smoke: Charlottesville pumps smoke through city sewers to detect leaks.
Biggest driveway: Albemarle Planning Commission approves an 800-foot runway extension at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport, which Mark Graham, county director of community development, dubs a "driveway," a designation exempt from certain water-protection ordinances. Charlottesville Tomorrow reports on the July 22 PC meeting.
Latest gig for Rick Moore: The former Albemarle deputy commonwealth's attorney fired when new boss Denise Lunsford took office will be working as an assistant prosecutor in Orange County, the Progress reports.
Best time to stock up on pencils: Virginians get a sales-tax holiday August 4-6 for back-to-school related items.
Best news for Advance Mills residents: VDOT says a permanent replacement bridge for the one that's been closed since 2007 should be complete by 2010.
Worst news for Ivy residents: The Dry Bridge Road span continues to deteriorate, and repairs scheduled by responsible party Buckingham Branch RR have been postponed indefinitely, according to NBC29.
Favorite lawmaker for docs: Delegate Rob Bell is named legislator of the year by the Virginia Academy of Family Physicians for his work on mental health reform.
Favorite lawmaker for greens: Delegate David Toscano receives a perfect score of 100 from the League of Conservation Voters for his enviro votes.
Best pilgrimage: UVA religious studies assistant professor Heather Warren will take six students on a 56-mile hike on the Appalachian Trail. The pilgrimage is among the latest faculty dream courses made possible by Mead Endowment, created in honor of extra-popular music professor Ernest "Boots" Mead, 90.
Best last words: "Tell my family and friends I love them, tell the governor he just lost my vote," said convicted killer Christopher Scott Emmett, who was executed July 24 for beating a coworker to death in 2001 after unsuccessfully appealing Virginia's capital punishment as "cruel and unusual."


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Before moving on to the Fan Modine CD review, just a quick note that The Postelles have a special seasonal offering titled Summer Undercovers available for a free download at their website. The New York-based band covers The Smiths, Joe Jones, Wreckless Eric, and The Ramones.
Note: The following review originally appeared in the Illinois Entertainer.
Gratitude For The Shipper marks the third time singer-guitarist Gordon Zacharias, an eccentric veteran of the Minneapolis indie rock scene, has released a CD using the Fan Modine name. Produced by Daniel 13 label honcho/former R.E.M. manager Jefferson Holt, along with The dB's founder Chris Stamey, and Zacharias himself, it's an ingratiating collection of offbeat pop tunes with fanciful lyrics and irresistible melodies. The CD twists through several tempo changes before settling into a slow, melodic groove through the last three songs.
Fan Modine taps into a Sufijan Stevens style of baroque indie rock on "Julu Road," using ringing guitars and interwoven vocals, while the exuberant "M.O.I. (Can We Dance?)," with its 1980's club beat, is an invitation that can't be turned down. "Wormwood Scrubbs" is a breezy concoction made up of equal parts old time music hall, 1960s era psychedelia, and lilting strings, while the title track has fun with a steady beat, an unidentified female back-up vocalist, and lyrics about 'sailing to a future world." "Waiting For Distant Light," collapses under the weight of a slow moving, 1970s hard rock ballad arrangement, but it's the only track on Gratitude For The Shipper that fails to entertain.